Her
sense of taste and style won many accolades, especially from friends who
eventually became her clients. After many years on the International Best
Dressed list, she embarked on a career in textile design. She arrived
in the United States in 1980 with her husband and four daughters. Her
friend, Diana Vreeland, former editor of Vogue magazine, convinced
her to design dresses rather than fabrics.

This
dress is a yellow, gold, peach, blue, and green floral-printed
black plissé silk dress with long sleeves. It has a dropped
waist bodice, circular skirt and gold satin trim around neck,
sleeve and skirt edges.